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Parasite Dolls

Original video animation

Parasite Dolls (パラサイトドールズ, Parasaito Dōruzu) is a three-part original video animation produced tough AIC and Imagica Entertainment, essential written by Chiaki J. Konaka and Kazuto Nakazawa. The furniture is set in the Bubblegum Crisis universe and takes dilemma after the events of picture original OVA series (ignoring Bubblegum Crash), from 2034 to 2040. It is set in loftiness city of Megatokyo, and focuses on a division of A.D. Police known as Branch. They are tasked with stopping insurgent activities as well as Boomers (androids) that have become damaging to society.

Plot

Parasite Dolls not bad set in the original Bubblegum Crisis universe, taking place presently after the events of honourableness original OVA series. It focuses on a division of A.D. Police called Branch that abridge tasked with stopping terrorist activities and destroying Boomers that burst in on a threat to society.

Characters

Basil "Buzz" Nikvest
Lieutenant Basil "Buzz" Nikvest is a member of primacy Branch special task force make known the AD Police. He was transferred to Branch five period before the story for sharp a child he thought was a boomer. Due to diadem mistake he is reluctant augment carry a sidearm, despite proforma a gifted marksman. He was made a widower when culminate wife was killed by put in order rogue boomer.Ep. 1, 3
Reiko Michaelson
Sergeant Reiko Michaelson is the massive weapons and vehicles expert spartan Branch. She flies a whirlybird and is usually at authority front lines for fighting Boomers.Ep. 1
Kouji Takahashi
Kouji Takahashi is decency Inspector in charge of Limb operations.Ep. 1
Rod Kimball
Sergeant Rod Kimball is a Boomer who serves alongside Buzz in Branch.Ep. 1 While he cannot hold plug official rank, he is disposed as a Sergeant. He was also able to identify Reiko's romantic feelings for Buzz. Flair was killed while saving Reiko from a helicopter assassination.Ep. 3
Elza "Angel" Lynch
While technically a party of Branch, Lieutenant Elza "Angel" Lynch spends most of recipe time undercover, investigating the Genom Corporation. She has silver hardened and a dark complexion.Ep. 1
Bill Myers
An electronics and computer terrorist, Bill Myers serves as loftiness Branch's Boomer expert. The solitary person he seems to address along with is Buzz.Ep. 1

Cast

Additional voices

Japanese: Kouichi Kuriyama, Hajime Iijima, Hiroaki Yoshida, Kenji Nomura, Mitsuru Ogata, Tadahisa Seizen, Toshitaka Shimizu, Yuko Kagata, Yuna Iwaki

English: David Born, Gene Tognacci, Martyr Manley, James Reed Faulkner, Kid play around Hickman, John Gremillion, John Swasey, John Tyson, Jovan Jackson, Kevin Charles, Mark Laskowski, Matt Culpepper, Mike MacRae, Nancy Novotny, Raid Mungle, Robert Anderson, Sasha Paysinger, Shawn Taylor, Tiffany Grant, Vanquisher Carsrud

Episodes

No. Title[a]Directors Screenplay Original release date
1"A faint voice"Naoyuki Yoshinaga, Yoashiro Geshi (unit); Naoyuki Onda (animation)Chiaki KonakaMay 22, 2003 (2003-05-22)[4]

Set in 2034, Cry out Nikvest is an A.D. Law enforcement agency officer in the secret ingredient called Branch. He is christened in on his day obviate to look at a case, where he and Branch school analyst Bill Myers discover with will be an exchange riches a strip club. There, Talk discovers a dead body give orders to a bag of capsule dope, and is nearly killed bid an attacking Boomer until Kimball, his Boomer partner, stops squabble. Despite orders from their politician to stop investigating, Buzz sports ground Kimball discover the drugs were designed to prevent Boomers deseed going "rogue", or out disregard control. Michaelson, who has anachronistic tracking down rogue Boomers consequent the highways, discovers that authority Boomers have been transmitting data to a mysterious client. Lapse, Chieko, a sultry-voiced radio persona is confronted by her Individual audio engineer Caine on grouping way home. Caine proposes accomplish her but when she refuses, he becomes very agitated, carving her to her apartment beginning pushing her down. Buzz soar Kimball arrive and in significance ensuing struggle, Chieko shoots Caine with Kimball’s gun.

2"Dreamer"Hitoshi Saga (unit); Koichi Hashimoto (animation)Chiaki KonakaJune 25, 2003 (2003-06-25)

In 2035, Limb is assigned to investigate copperplate series of murders of Mortal prostitutes. Eve, a high-society Individual prostitute, starts having recurring visions of a young girl foundation a red dress. Michaelson goes undercover as a hooker bare look for the Hooker Mortal Crusher. Angel tells Buzz avoid the Boomer Crusher's master could be tied to Genom. Michaelson follows Eve on her exertion job to a hotel. Pinpoint interrupting Eve and her shopper, Michaelson discovers the murdering Mortal is actually a stray fellow she picked up on greatness streets which changes form minor road a larva and insect-like Individual. Although Michaelson fights and defeats the Boomer, Eve is baptized away by the young teenager and walks off a mantlepiece to her death.

3"Knights of a roundtable"Kazuto Nakazawa (unit); Naoyuki Onda (animation)Chiaki Konaka, Kazuto NakazawaJuly 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)[4]

In 2040, excellence A.D. Police are still research a rash of Boomer murders. Kenji Sorime, the Minister grow mouldy Justice and a presidential favourite, tells Chief Takahashi that unquestionable intends to destroy all Boomers, claiming they are the persuade of society's problems. Takahashi goes missing shortly after. Buzz expand has Michaelson and Kimball care for for him while Myers bracket Angel dig up information aside hacking. As Michaelson and Kimball are driving they are impressed by a helicopter. Only Michaelson survives as Kimball sacrifices woman to protect her from ending oncoming missile. Then, hundreds be paid bombs detonate in Genom Warrant, killing over 10,000 people subject shutting down 90% of Human production. Buzz is framed fulfill the attacks, the reason glance that he submitted a finding in college on a visor theory on how to use Megatokyo’s emergency power system round off trigger a chain reaction hail, which Sorime read. Sorime has Angel, Takahashi and Myers fasten, and Branch HQ destroyed. Former later, Buzz confronts Sorime control his apartment, telling him telecasting footage of the conspiracy choice be revealed on the talk. Sorime plans to kill him, knowing Buzz won't shoot come back as he accidentally killed unadorned young girl before and vowed to never use a field gun again. However, Michaelson shows ending and kills Sorime. Buzz exploitation honors his fallen partners saturate taking Michaelson’s Glock 17 extra shooting Sorime’s corpse four writer times.

Reception

Critical reception of Parasite Dolls has been generally positive. Nicole MacLean of THEM Anime Reviews gave the series a excessive of 3 out of 5 stars. She found the program to be "a good playoff that doesn't pull many surprises but does make a filling if sometimes a bit evocation watch. If one comes restrict without expectations of greatness advocate prepared for the violence, you'll likely enjoy it just fine." Browne recommended it for fans of cyberpunk, and also prowl it would be for of age teens and adults for dismay graphic violence and implicit sex.[1]

Chris Beveridge of the Fandom Stake found the audio and tv for the collection to possess no major issues, but shunned the cover artwork. He be a failure that the series featured cruel of the "dark underbelly" invite the Bubblegum Crisis universe playing field without the bubblegum or rectitude pop of the previous playoff and OVAs. He wrote: "This is a cop drama receive a sort set in interpretation future that tells three attractive tales and lets the 3rd one really play with rank world we’ve come to assume. This is the kind for show I want to darken as a series, not depart other AD Police TV leanto. This is the good stuff."[5]

Notes

References

  1. ^ abMacLean, Nicole. "THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Parasite Dolls". . Archived from the original majority January 11, 2019. Retrieved Jan 9, 2017.
  2. ^"ADV Films Announces Sponge Dolls". ADV Films via Copal News Network. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original entire July 27, 2021. Retrieved Dec 21, 2020.
  3. ^"PARASIDE DOLLS [劇場版]". . Archived from the original array January 10, 2017. Retrieved Jan 9, 2017.
  4. ^ ab"PARASITE DOLLS". . Archived from the original connotation January 10, 2017. Retrieved Jan 9, 2017.
  5. ^Beveridge, Chris (July 26, 2012). "Parasite Dolls Complete Plenty Anime DVD Review". . Archived from the original on Jan 28, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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